Physiotherapist Arrested for Murdering Family, Staging Road Accident

A 32-year-old physiotherapist in Telangana's Khammam district was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and two daughters, then staging their deaths as a road accident. The man, who had been having an affair with a nurse, confessed to the crime during police interrogation.

A 32-year-old man in Khammam district of Telangana has been apprehended for allegedly killing his wife and two young daughters, while attempting to portray their deaths as a road accident, authorities revealed on Sunday.

The suspect, employed as a physiotherapist in Hyderabad, had an affair with a hospital nurse and reportedly committed the murders to continue his extramarital relationship, police stated.

Following an argument with his wife, the accused orchestrated a plan where he injected his 26-year-old wife with a high-dose anaesthesia drug and smothered his daughters, aged four and two-and-a-half years, before staging a car crash. Forensic evidence and autopsy reports led to his arrest, and he has been booked under sections 302 and 201 of the IPC.